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Trump: Will NATO Members Reimburse US?

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By Theodore Bunker | Tuesday, 10 July 2018 02:47 PM EDT

President Donald Trump on Tuesday asked if members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization will repay the United States just before the upcoming NATO summit in Brussels.

Many countries in NATO, which we are expected to defend, are not only short of their current commitment of 2% (which is low), but are also delinquent for many years in payments that have not been made. Will they reimburse the U.S.?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 10, 2018

This follows his calls for NATO countries to "pay more" and for the U.S. to "pay less," which he made on Twitter early Tuesday morning.

NATO countries must pay MORE, the United States must pay LESS. Very Unfair!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 10, 2018

Getting ready to leave for Europe. First meeting - NATO. The U.S. is spending many times more than any other country in order to protect them. Not fair to the U.S. taxpayer. On top of that we lose $151 Billion on Trade with the European Union. Charge us big Tariffs (& Barriers)!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 10, 2018

Trump continued his cricicsm after landing in Brussels:

The European Union makes it impossible for our farmers and workers and companies to do business in Europe (U.S. has a $151 Billion trade deficit), and then they want us to happily defend them through NATO, and nicely pay for it. Just doesn’t work!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 10, 2018

Trump left on his week-long European trip on Tuesday. He will attend the NATO summit in Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday before traveling to England to meet British Prime Minister Theresa May and Queen Elizabeth II, and then flying to Helsinki to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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